Artist• Graduated from Northern Illinois University with Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in 1988.• Worked as full-time musician 1988-2003 recording and performing live all across the U.S. and Europe.• Created comic strip “The Illustrated History of the Blues” published regularly by magazines “Blues Access”, “The Oxford American” and “Buddy Guy’s Legends Magazine” 1993-2003.• Worked as freelance illustrator with jobs ranging from drawing, painting and cartooning to a recent focus on mural painting 1988 to present.